MacWhanty 1417;

MacGuantie 1430;

Guanty 1429;

Walsh; Surnames of Other or Unknown Origin

Ward [Soundex W-630]; originally Mac-an-bhaird,the Bard's son.' The sons of

McWard 1511 Mac-an-Baird Four Mast., Vol. I., p. 609.

Ward 1660;

Wattleworth; the office of Waterward; e.g. in Lancs. Lay Subsidy Rolls, 1332. Waterford, 1422, in Statutes is Watersone in the corresponding Sloane MS: In Mx records of 17th century (the probable time of its arrival), Wattleworth alternates with " Wattleford." See also Woodward, Chester Names, chap. ii., ante

Waterforth 1422;

Wattleworth 1652;

Watelefort 1673;: German (vc), ew (c), elsewhere (u).

Watterson; WALTERSON, is a translation of MacWalter;

Waterson;

Qualtrough; The English speaking MACWALTERS would adopt this name, whilst the Celtic would consent to have their name contracted into QUALTROUGH.

Watterson; WATTERSON could be a translation of Mac-yn-ushtey,'Water-son,' but this is very doubtful. The only entry in the Registers of such a name is at ew in 1669, when it states distinctly that 'William MACYNUSTEY' was 'an Irishman.": We find WATER as a corruption of Walter in England. Thus in the Churchwardens accounts of Ludlow we have The account of WATTARE Taylor and Wyllyam Partynge, beynge churchwardens, in the ii yere of the rayne of Kyng Henry the eighth A.D. 1541.'+ This is also shown in the account of Suffolk's death in Shakespeare's Henry VI., where the murderer says-

My name is WALTER Whitmore,
How now! Why start'st thou ? What doth death affright!
Suffolk-Thy name affrights me, in whose sound is death,
A cunning man did calculate my birth,
And told me that by Water I should die.'

Webster; Surnames of Occupational Origin

Wode; Surnames of Locative Origin

Wodde;

Woods1586;: Maughold, Iezayre, Santon, Rushen (c), elsewhere (u).

Worthyngton; Surnames of Locative Origin

Wright; Surnames of Occupational Origin